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Full-Text Articles in Developmental Psychology
Attitudes Towards Drug And Alcohol Use: Culture And Emerging Adulthood, Sam Daniewicz
Attitudes Towards Drug And Alcohol Use: Culture And Emerging Adulthood, Sam Daniewicz
Undergraduate Research Symposium 2014
This study examined attitudes toward drug and substance use during emerging adulthood (18-26 years of age), a stage of the life span that works as a transition into adulthood and is defined by exploration and openness. Since drug and substance use among emerging adults is often a subject of current debates, it is important that more research is done about why young people think of certain drugs the way they do. Specifically, this study focused on how perceptions of drug and substance abuse are related to cultural values (individualism/collectivism) during emerging adulthood. To accomplish this goal, attitudes towards drugs in …
Differences In The Identity Formation Process Of American Indian Adolescents In Urban And Reservation Contexts, Irene Churchill
Differences In The Identity Formation Process Of American Indian Adolescents In Urban And Reservation Contexts, Irene Churchill
Scholarly Horizons: University of Minnesota, Morris Undergraduate Journal
Currently, the majority of American Indians live in more urban and metropolitan environments. The differences in the way identity develops for American Indian adolescents is compared between growing up in an urban context and a reservation context. Two models are explained and applied to American Indian adolescents in these two settings, Oppedal’s Acculturation development model and Phinney and Baldelomar’s Cross-cultural Identity Status Model. According to the Acculturation development model, American Indian adolescents living on reservations likely have higher levels of interaction with their minority culture, therefore having higher levels of enculturation. Additionally, American Indian adolescents living in urban areas likely …
Elder Volunteerism: Minnesota's Silver Lining, Gerald A. Bloedow, Ralph H. Brown
Elder Volunteerism: Minnesota's Silver Lining, Gerald A. Bloedow, Ralph H. Brown
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
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